Category World Records
Verified world-record and elite athletic feats: strength, speed, endurance, and bodyweight records, told through what the science says about how those feats are actually possible.
Askar Shokhanov’s 749-Pound Equipped Bench Press: What the 2025 IPF Title Actually Means
368 Pounds, Legs Strapped Down: Folashade Oluwafemiayo’s Paralympic Bench Press Record
715 Pounds, Not a First: Scot Mendelson’s 2005 Raw Bench Press Record
476 Pounds, One Year Apart: Fan Chun-Chia’s World Record Bench Press
Jessica Buettner’s Deadlift World Record: The Weight Class Math Behind It
1,015 Pounds Raw: Benedikt Magnusson’s Deadlift That Broke the 1,000-Pound Barrier
Temur Samkharadze’s Deadlift: How a Junior Broke the Open World Record
